New Jersey Occupational Health Surveillance

项目摘要/摘要 新泽西州卫生部(NJDOH)，职业健康监测(OHS)股 建议对已确立的职业健康进行以人口为基础的监测 指标(OHIS)，以便估计和描述与具体工作相关的负担 并将死亡率与国家估计数进行比较，并评估随着时间的推移的趋势。 我们建议加强和评估我们的监控系统，以扩大数据收集， 新泽西州的预防和干预活动。OHS将继续对成年人进行监测 血铅、砷、汞和镉。新泽西州有监管权力收取职业 所有职业病和伤害的健康监测数据。《公约》的具体目标 项目如下： 1.维护和分析23个指定职业健康指标(OHI)收集的数据 并开展以减少接触石棉为重点的教育和外展工作。 2.分析特定的OHIS，以确定以下职业健康伤害和疾病的特征 为弱势群体制定干预战略。这包括特定的 该项目侧重于青年伤害，一般侧重于弱势工人群体， 如此重要的关键基础设施工人。 3.保持成人血铅和其他重金属的数据收集。进行监督 以确定有风险的工作场所，以进行进一步的有针对性的干预，如 作为教育和外展，并转介给监管当局。 NJDOH OHS单位提出了两个基本增强项目，以加强我们的 利用和评估新的数据来源和职业健康监测 将实时数据转化为公共卫生行动。OHS还将制定一个框架，以 包括工作场所在内的突发传染病职业健康监测 非传统数据集中的变量，旨在改善监测和缓解 当前新冠肺炎的职场传播大流行。OHS单位的工作人员将进行 为收集这些非传统行业和职业信息而进行的培训 监测系统，包括传染病、接触者追踪和毒物 控制室问询。基本加项目的具体目标如下： 1.促进纳入和分析非传统的职业和行业变量 数据来源，通过现有的和新的伙伴关系加强对 突发疾病和危险。 2.加强震中综合征监测系统的实时监测 与工作相关的非致命性伤害和中毒系统。 建立和评估来自这些新数据来源的关键发现将使新泽西州 以国家为基础的监测项目，以加强我们进行监测和 建立伙伴关系，保护工人的健康和安全。该项目将培育现有的 与罗格斯大学，我们的地区NIOSH教育和研究中心的关系， 新泽西州毒物控制中心和新泽西州卫生部内的其他主要合作伙伴，包括公众 员工职业安全与健康计划与传染病 服务。继续与现有合作伙伴以及潜在的新合作伙伴合作 和利益相关者，将改善我们未来对工伤和 该州发生的中毒事件。

Project Summary/Abstract The New Jersey Department of Health (NJDOH), Occupational Health Surveillance (OHS) Unit proposes to conduct population-based surveillance of established occupational health indicators (OHIs) in order to estimate and characterize the burden of specific work-related injuries and illnesses and compare rates to national estimates and evaluate trends over time. We propose to enhance and evaluate our surveillance system to expand data collection, prevention, and intervention activities in NJ. OHS will continue to conduct surveillance of adult blood lead, arsenic, mercury and cadmium. NJ has regulatory authority to collect occupational health surveillance data for all occupational diseases and injuries. The specific Aims of the project are as follows: 1. Maintain and analyze data collected for 23 specified occupational health indicators (OHI) and conduct an education and outreach effort focused on reducing exposure to asbestos. 2. Analyze specified OHIs to characterize occupational health injuries and illnesses among vulnerable populations to formulate strategies for interventions. This includes a specific project focused on youth injuries and a general focus on vulnerable worker populations, such essential critical infrastructure workers. 3. Maintain data collection of adult blood lead and other heavy metals. Conduct surveillance of exposed individuals to identify at-risk workplaces for further targeted interventions, such as education and outreach and referral to regulatory authorities. The NJDOH OHS Unit proposes two Fundamental Plus projects to enhance our occupational health surveillance by utilizing and evaluating new data sources and translating real-time data to public health action. OHS will also develop a framework for occupational health surveillance of emergent infectious diseases by including workplace variables in non-traditional datasets, which aims to improve surveillance and mitigate workplace transmission of COVID-19 in the current pandemic. OHS Unit Staff will conduct trainings for the collection of industry and occupation information in these nontraditional surveillance systems, including communicable diseases, contact tracing, and poison control inquiries. The specific Aims of the Fundamental Plus projects are the following: 1. Promote inclusion and analysis of occupation and industry variables in nontraditional data sources, through existing and new partnerships to enhance surveillance of emergent diseases and hazards. 2. Enhance the EpiCenter syndromic surveillance system as a real-time surveillance system for work-related nonfatal injuries and poisonings. Establishing and evaluating key findings from these new data sources will position the NJ state-based surveillance project to strengthen our capacity to conduct surveillance and build partnerships to protect worker health and safety. This project will cultivate existing relationships with Rutgers University, our regional NIOSH Education and Research Center, the NJ Poison Control Center, and other key partners within NJDOH, including the Public Employee Occupational Safety and Health program and the Communicable Disease Service. Continued collaboration with current partners, as well as potential new partners and stakeholders, will improve our future response efforts to work-related injuries and poisonings in the State.